Month: October 2008

Last weekend, I went up to my parents’ place to help dad with the fireplace. They had the gas fireplace taken out, and a new wood burning fireplace put in. The new fireplace is a different size the the old one, so some patching of the stone work was in order.

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So a weeks ago I heard about a different type of beef jerky. A kind that my neighbors would let me make because I wouldn’t smoke them out of their apartments! It is called Biltong. It is a South African dried meat.

Traditional beef jerky needs to be smoked. This gives it great flavor. The smoking process also keeps all the nasties off of the meat while it’s drying.

Biltong is treated with vinegar. The vinegar keeps the nasties off of the meat while it is drying.

I made my own drying rack using a HEPA air filter I have. I used some spare aluminum from my PakYak to build a frame. I wrapped it in a plastic bag to funnel the air up past the meat that I want to dry. I strung the meat up using some nylong string I have.